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Page 283
... possible ( §196 ) . The word leufter ( ii 12 ) is meaningless as it stands , and it is probably misprinted . If f has been substituted for long s , leuster is a possible form of lewdster ' lewd person ' , but this seems an improbable ...
... possible ( §196 ) . The word leufter ( ii 12 ) is meaningless as it stands , and it is probably misprinted . If f has been substituted for long s , leuster is a possible form of lewdster ' lewd person ' , but this seems an improbable ...
Page 299
... possible explanations of this fact . The other scenes printed here are not localized , though the reference in a stage - direction to a " Fingall dance " makes it possible that Fingall was intended ; perhaps Michelburne confused two ...
... possible explanations of this fact . The other scenes printed here are not localized , though the reference in a stage - direction to a " Fingall dance " makes it possible that Fingall was intended ; perhaps Michelburne confused two ...
Page 308
... possible that some word has been accidentally omitted after mauking ; but it is also possible that mauking upon reproduces the Irish idiom déanamh ar ' going to , approaching ' [ Contributions s.v. do - gní III ( d ) ] , so that the ...
... possible that some word has been accidentally omitted after mauking ; but it is also possible that mauking upon reproduces the Irish idiom déanamh ar ' going to , approaching ' [ Contributions s.v. do - gní III ( d ) ] , so that the ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
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Aphorismical Discovery back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Captain consonant dialects diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dunton ejaculation England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words lengthening loanwords long vowel Manx Gaelic meaning medial Middle English Munster Irish non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress present-day Hiberno-English primary language printed probably pronounced pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees referred reflect represent rhyme Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf short vowel shortening Shoul speech Standard English Stukeley syllable Teague tell texts Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unstressed unvoicing usage verb viii voiced Welsh Embassador write construction writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii